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Yet-Pole I¹, Te-Lung Cheng

¹Department of Safety, Health, and Environmental Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Touliu, Taiwan. iyp@yuntech.edu.tw

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|October 19, 2007

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Area of Science:

Chemical Engineering
Risk Management
Computational Science

Background:

Increasing industrial disasters necessitate advanced quantitative risk analysis (QRA).
Existing QRA software often oversimplifies dispersion modeling, leading to inaccurate risk presentation.
Traditional methods assume flat terrain and constant conditions, differing from real-world chemical plant environments.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a more accurate and realistic 3D risk calculation method for process industries.
To overcome limitations of traditional dispersion models and complex CFD calculations in QRA.
To enhance the precision of individual risk iso-surface generation.

Main Methods:

Utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to model vapor cloud dispersion.
Developed post-processing procedures to integrate CFD results.
Proposed a conceptual three-dimensional (3D) risk calculation framework.

Main Results:

Generated 3D individual risk iso-surfaces.
The proposed method offers a more realistic representation of hazardous regions compared to traditional models.
Demonstrated a potential for improved accuracy in risk assessment.

Conclusions:

The novel 3D risk calculation method enhances the accuracy of individual risk assessments in process industries.
This technique addresses limitations of current QRA software by incorporating complex environmental factors.
Future applications may extend to aerial, submarine, and space risk analyses.